rather to help catch them. This last clause in the treaty caused a split between the Maroons and the rest of the black population. Another provision of the agreement was that the Maroons would serve to protect the island from invaders. Discontent with the treaty and land encroachment from planters later led to the Second Maroon War. References Bibliography Among the early historians to mention the Jamaican Maroons and the First Maroon War were the following: 1720s conflicts 1730s conflicts 1740s conflicts 1720s in Jamaica 1730s in Jamaica 1740s in Jamaica 18th-century rebellions History of the Colony of Jamaica Jamaican Maroons Slave rebellions in North America Wars involving Jamaica Resistance to the British Empire 1731 in the British Empire Slavery in Jamaica